It's Been 8 Days...

Eight days since I started eating solid food again. Over the past five days I have been thinking about this one thing. The desperate feeling people get when they are hungry, no to mention when loved one is hungry and they can not provide them with a good meal. One of my biggest joys during my fast was that I was able to see people eat and enjoy my food until their hearts content. I knew in the days that I felt weak and hungry beyond belief that I could still drink a juice that would satisfy that hunger. It was not until five days ago that the thought of desperation came to mind. I was thinking of the people I have come across that know of being hungry. And in these fives days there have been a few times where I had forgotten to eat and my own desperation set in. A few moments of "I have to eat right now"! And within a few minutes I would have a well satisfying snack or meal to fill that hunger.

Most people in the world do not have this luxury. Even people here in the US do not have this luxury. I think about the man on the corner of Fairview and McAurther. Someone whom we often give food to and is so thankful for it. Or the people at a neighborhood park in Costa Mesa, or the people we go and work with in El Salvador. It is heart breaking to know that most people do not have a nutritious meal that completely satisfies their hunger. And it is more than that. We tend to have a satisfying meal that changes daily. We rarely have to eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We rarely have to only eat one meal a day and we always get to have a varity.

How do we help to change this? Why is it that I get to live in a place where I can provide for my family in so many ways and give in so many ways and others can not. Why are we able to feel like eating a specific food and can have it. I am thankful we can and I love to cook and see people enjoy this culture of food. But I can not help to think of those who do not have this luxury.

"Lord do what only you can do to use us to help people in need!"